preparing for Time Machine

[Matt Penna]

On Oct 22, 2007, at 10:24 PM, Hex Star wrote:

> On 10/19/07, Sven C. Koehler <schween at snafu.de> wrote:
>> What happens if I unplug my external backup disk for a while?  Does
>> timemachine still log what files are changed and will backup these  
>> the
>> next time I plug in the disk again?
>
> I wonder this too and thus I don't feel to confident in enabling Time
> Machine on my macbook which goes with me on travels (and naturally it
> won't be convenient to lug my external HD around with me during those
> times)

Apple's Time Machine page explains a lot of this:

http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/timemachine.html
"Ready when you are.

"When your mobile Mac is connected to your backup drive, Time Machine  
works as you’d expect. When it isn’t connected, Time Machine also  
works as you’d expect. It keeps track of which files have changed  
since the last backup and backs them up to your backup drive the next  
time you connect. On any Mac, if Time Machine is unable to perform a  
backup, that’s duly noted in its preferences pane."



Sounds like it's fairly intelligent about things. I hope it works as  
well in practice as it does in the marketing glossies!

We'll all know by Saturday.

	Matt